The Smyrk

I just stumbled across your music; It's very refreshing. Who do you listen to on a daily basis? Also if you don't mind me asking how do you guys write songs like The death of jason todd, what's your process? Lyrics first? from Anonymous

Thanks for stumbling! The four of us have fairly different tastes, but I’m (Ari) currently into the new Roots records (Betty Wright/undun), Animals as Leaders, Donald Byrd, Ahmad Jamal, East of the Wall…

Our songwriting process has generally been music first, lyrics second. Doron likes to work with a narrative in mind and his brain is quite encyclopedic, so having an instrumental shape the mood is the initial part of the process.



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